Seat-cushion retainer.



W. B. SMITH.

SEAT CUSHION RETAINER. APPLICATION FILED JULY z, 1913.

LQYQQfiG. Pajgented Oct. 7, 1913.

UNITED WSATES PATENT @Fldfilt.

warsou B. SMITH, or JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

$EAT-CUSHION RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 7, 11.913.

Application filed m 2, 1913. Serial No. 777,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WA'rson R. SMrrrI, a citizen of 'the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Cushion Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to seat cushion retainers.

The cushions in vehicles, particularly in automobiles, carriages and the like, are con support upon cushion may be detachably secured to stantly sliding forwardly ofi of their-support and to prevent this, in some instances, a molding or metal strip is nailed or otherwise secured across the front of the supof a seat cushion retainer for automobile or, other vehicles embodying among other characteristics means whereby the cushion is efiectively secured to its support without danger of forward sliding movement and yet readily removed from its support when desired. 1

With the above and other'objects in view,

the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan View of the front portion of a spring cushion illustrating my invention; Fig. 2 is a fragfrnentaryhorizontal sectional View illustratmg one'of the retainers in operative pos tion" is a fragmentary --view illustratmg the invention in side elevation; and Fig.

cushion rests.

4 illustrates a modifiedform of cushion retainer.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, there is shown a spring structure or cushion embodying upper and lower frames 10 and 11, respectively, between which frames, and secured in any suitable manner on suitable supporting elements 12 are springs 13. The upper frame may be dispensed with, if desired, and the parts hereinbefore described may be connected to-' gether in any suitable manner.

Secured to the lower convolutions of two of the front springs are plates 14. Each of these plates is provided at its marginal edge with fingers 15 by which the plates may be secured to the lower convolutionof the corresponding springs. These plates 14 have central apertures 16 which are adapted to receive the buttons 17 secured in any suitable manner to the support 18 .on which the In some instances one button 17 and one socket plate 14 is sufficient to prevent sliding movement of the cushion. Especially is this true in an automobile, car'- riage or other vehicle where two small cushions are arranged side by side in front of the vehicle. iVhere the seat is long, that is, of a length substantially equal to the width of the body of the vehicle, itis preferred that two buttons 17 and socket plates 14 be employed and these two retainers thus formed may be located at the front corners of the cushion or as shown in Fig. 1, or in any other appropriate manner. 7

While the passage of one or more buttons 17 through one or more apertures 16 of one or more plat-es 145 will prevent forward sliding displacement of the cushion, it is proferable that the retainers embody means to prevent any undue forward or other play of the cushions. Tothis end each button 17 is preferably provided with an annular groove forming a neck 15), as shown par ticularly in Fig. Spring arms 20 and 21 are adapted to engage the necks 19 of the buttons 17 on opposite sidesof the button,

as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and 2. These arms 20 and 21 may bo'formed of a' single piece of wire or other resilient ma terial and bent intermediate their ends to.

tions of the corresponding springs.

front ofthebuttons 17 the arms 20 and 21 preferably cross each other as indicated at 23 with their free ends extending toward 'opposite sides of the opening facing (not shown) may be provided with,

an opening adjacenttheopening 24 in vthe ,base frame 11 so as to permit access to the free extremities 25 of the arms 20 and .21 and thereby facilitate connection and disconnection of the arms with the buttons 17.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a modified form of the invention. The base frame 11' has an opening 24/ and one or more springs 13' may have secured thereto a socket plate 14: having an aperture the same as the aper-' ture 16 in the aforesaid plates 14 to receive buttons 17 which are of the same formation as the aforesaid buttons 17. About the only material difference between this modified form of button and the button illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, resides in the fact that but a'single arm 26 is employed. This armengages the neck of the button 17' on one side t erect and, like the arms 20 and '21 of the other form of the invention, when I engaged with the neck of the-buttons prefront, a

35 tured plate,

vents accidental disconnection of the cush- "ion from the button; The inner end of this arm 26 is preferably provided with an extension 27 Which'is connected in any suitable manner to the sprin supporting wire 28, and also by meanso a clip 26' to the lower convolution of the corresponding spring. The'free end 29 of the arm 26 is operable ini the opening 24' of the base frame 11' so that the armimay be readily moved intoand out of the neck of the button 17 'by moving the free end of the arm to opposite sides of the opening 24.

From the foregoing 1t will be seen that I provide simple, inexpensive, and durable orms of cushion retainers, designed particularly 'foruse, although I do not restrict myself thereto, inconnection with spring structures for automobile and other .ve-. hicles.

What isclaimed is 1. The combination of a cushion and the support upon which the cushion rests, a cushion provided with an opening at. its

plate carried by the cushion provided wit an aperture, means carried by the support for projection through the aperand means engageable with the structure rests,

cidental withdrawal,- through the aperture,

of said plate, said fastening means bemfgr cessible 'through said opening at the out of the cushion to manually operate the same.

' 22 The combination of a cushion and the} support.upon which vthe cushion rests, a;

cushion provided. with spaced its front, spaced plates carried openings at by the cush s.

ion each provided with an aperture, buttons 1 carried through the-"apertured plates, each button having a neck portion, and a spring arm 'en'- gagea c with the neck portion-of each button with each arm having adjacent one of the openings in the front-of the cushion whereby the arms are accessible through-the openings at the front 'of'the cushion to move the same into and out of engagement" with the neck portions of the y the' support for projection one end arranged correspondingbuttons-so as to fasten and unfasten the cushions to the buttons I 3. The combination of a spring structure and a support on which the structure rests,

said structure including a base frame rovided with an opening, springs mounts on the base frame, a plate secured to the lower convolution of one of the springs and provided with a central opening, a button secured to said support and which is received by the opening in said plate, the button hav} ing a neck portion, nection with the spring to which said plate is secured and adapted to engage the neckof said button, the outer extremity of the spring arm lying in the openin of the base frame so that it may be moved into and out pf coiperative relation with the neck of said button.

4, The combination with. a spring struc ture and a support on which the spring the spring structure including a base frame provided with ings in" its forward side, springs mounted on the base frame, plat-es secured to the springs arranged opposite the openings in the base frame, the plates each having fingers adapted to embrace the lower ronvolutions of such springs so as to secure the plates thereto,' each plate having a central opening, buttons secured to said support and received by the openings in said plates, said buttons each having a neck, and a spring arm having connection with each 'of the springs to which said plates are secured and which engage the the free extremities of rests, the 'prtvidejd. an apertured plate carried pportf re of a spring arm havingconspaced opensaid plate, and an arm arranged to operatively connectwith said button to fasten and retain the cushion on the support against sliding nn'n'enient oti' (ii the support, and having a part arranged adjacent the opening in the base frame whereby the arm ma be operated through the opening in the baSe iral'ne to more it into and out of operative connect ion with said button. 7

3. The combination oi a spring structure and the support on which the Ft rueture rests, said structure inehuiing a bar-e "frame provided with an opening, springs mount d on 'the base frame, a plate seeured to the lower convolution of one of the springs and pro rided with a central aperture. means secured to said supportwhieh is: reeeired by th aperture of said plate. a pair of spring arms mounted over .said plate to engage said means which projerta through the aperture of the plate, the arms crossing each other be tween the projecting means and the opening in the base frame with the forward extremit (if the arms arranged adjacent the openingin the base frame so that they may be accessible through the opening to be moved intoand out of an ope 'ative relation with said projecting means.

7. T he. combination of a cushion provided with an opening, an apertured member se cured to the cushion to receive a projection through its aperture, and fastening means arranged adjacent the aperture of said apertured member engageable with the projection passed through the aperture of said plate to retain the cushion in relatively fixed position, said fastening means being accessible through the opening in the cushion.

In testimony whereof T. afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VATSON B. SMITH. Vitnesses:

RAL H L. \VILCOX, Fauna, M. PIIELAN. 

